Virginia Cooperative Extension, Loudoun County is proud to announce thirteen new graduates into the Extension Master Gardener program. Completing the classroom training with over 60 hours of instruction, and the internship of 75 hours all in 2019, the new Master Gardeners stand ready to continue to educate Loudoun on best management practices to keep pollutants from the Chesapeake Bay.
Extension Master Gardeners are volunteer educators who work within the communities to encourage and promote environmentally sound horticulture practices through sustainable landscape management, education and training. As an educational program of Virginia Cooperative Extension, Extension Master Gardeners bring the resources of Virginia’s land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, to the people of the commonwealth. The 2020 class is full. If you are interested in the Master Gardener program for 2021, here are program details: http://loudouncountymastergardeners.org/become-a-master-gardener/. Applications accepted starting late spring, 2020.